diff --git a/man5/locale.5 b/man5/locale.5
index 075687ef2..dd9a6f7c2 100644
--- a/man5/locale.5
+++ b/man5/locale.5
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ number values are not quoted (but
 .BR LC_CTYPE
 and
 .BR LC_COLLATE
-follow special formatting, see system provided locale files for
+follow special formatting, see the system-provided locale files for
 examples).
 .SS Locale category sections
 The following category sections are defined by POSIX:
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ the GNU C library supports the following nonstandard categories:
 .PP
 See
 .BR locale (7)
-for more detailed description of each category.
+for a more detailed description of each category.
 
 .SS LC_ADDRESS
 The definition starts with the string